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Computer system could help deaf Catholics make confessions
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| December 20, 2013
Posted on 12/23/2013 5:34:11 AM PST by NYer
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To: NYer
Joe, confession is a profoundly intense and serious exchange between penitent and God Almighty.
Sorry, but you gotta put a priest in the middle of that equation. Rules is rules.
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posted on
12/23/2013 3:16:39 PM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: NYer
Okay, so you site face-to-face with a priest and you both have computers?
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posted on
12/23/2013 3:16:54 PM PST
by
mlizzy
("If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic Adoration, abortion would be ended." --Mother Teresa)
To: mlizzy
Okay, so you site face-to-face with a priest and you both have computers? Yes! That is the premise behind this particular device. Of course the article does not delve deep enough into costs or availability but, were it available in your parish, would you be drawn to this form of communication as opposed to reading lips or asking the priest to qualify a response by writing it down?
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posted on
12/23/2013 3:24:41 PM PST
by
NYer
("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
To: oh8eleven
Sorry, but you gotta put a priest in the middle of that equation. Rules is rules. That is understood.
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posted on
12/23/2013 3:38:09 PM PST
by
NYer
("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
To: NYer
That is understood.
Thanks to the the Council of Chalcedon (360 AD) no doubt.
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posted on
12/23/2013 3:40:15 PM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: Bulwyf
I wonder how high tech this will be. Perhaps as easy as “press 1 for anger, 2 for....”
To: oh8eleven
Are you not familiar with the passage in which Jesus confers the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles, telling them that what they forgive will be forgiven and what they hold bound will be held bound?
Or did that get left out of your Bible?
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posted on
12/23/2013 4:12:09 PM PST
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: Salvation
Or did that get left out of your Bible?
Well, well, well, it appears you look down your nose for other reasons than just finding the keyboard. And Christians wonder where the "bitter-clinger" thingy comes from. Tsk, tsk.
Allow me to remind you that Jesus was a Jew ... they did not practice confession.
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posted on
12/23/2013 4:35:02 PM PST
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: NYer
If this device requires using the Internet, I suppose I'd rather work from a word processing program, but ultimately prefer the priest briefly write out his suggestions. Many priests, I imagine, aren't "up to speed" with their typing abilities anyway, but most can communicate by written word, and it's a warmer way of receiving help. I know Opus Dei priests will not even do face-to-face, and that was crushing for me originally, as we had an awesome OD confessor for years.
Also there still are plenty of parishes that do not have face-to-face set up. So I needed my husband to "handle" all that (seek out a priest, explain, find a place for Confession, etc.) so it seems maybe parishes could first take care of that stumbling block for the deaf, and then go on to the app, or whatever.
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posted on
12/23/2013 5:06:56 PM PST
by
mlizzy
("If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic Adoration, abortion would be ended." --Mother Teresa)
To: Old Yeller
God is self-existent. God had no beginning and will have no end. God is the Creator. Mary is the created All of this is true, and no Catholic should dispute any part of it. The Church certainly doesn't.
But to deny the title "Mother of God" to Mary can only mean (a) Jesus is not truly God; or (b) Mary is not really Jesus' mother. Either one is Christological heresy, which no orthodox Christian can accept.
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posted on
12/23/2013 5:37:57 PM PST
by
Campion
("Social justice" begins in the womb)
To: NYer
I should add, that the correct response (by anyone, not just a priest) to anyone deaf (if the two of you don't know sign language), is to grab a pencil (on your own) and sheet of paper, and write out your question, statement, etc.
Interestingly in my deaf "career," only 5-6 people have done this. One was a police offer, which wasn't so surprising, the other, a Comcast guy installing service, and a couple others were swim coaches of my daughter. And one was my incredible neighbor (who I miss so much). Otherwise, ZIP. I've never ONCE had a priest offer to write anything down on paper, for instance. And I'm talking really holy priests as well; they just don't seem to "get" it. So, if anyone wants to be really hip and cool and appreciated, the next time you run into someone deaf, include them by penning your words.
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posted on
12/23/2013 9:28:06 PM PST
by
mlizzy
("If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic Adoration, abortion would be ended." --Mother Teresa)
To: mlizzy
Thanks for the advice. Merry Christmas.
To: NYer
Would you really trust a computer program to properly translate (=interpret) your confession into a meaningful experience?Probably not, but when the only priest available doesn't understand English, I don't know what else to do.
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